This week, our readers wanted to know more about affordable housing and what it's like to live with your landlord. Oh, and apparently quite a few have $100,000 down payments they're hoping to parlay into an apartment. Those, and more, of the week's top stories below:

1. Ask Sam: Can I get on the lease of my mother's rent-stabilized apartment? (sponsored)

2. What you can buy in NYC if you've got $100,000 in the bank

3. The hidden costs of affordable housing

4. When your landlord—or your tenant—is also your roommate

5. 5 reasons that 40-square-foot Williamsburg apartment is almost certainly illegal